Booklet on Kashmir banned

Published October 22, 2006

PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The NWFP government has banned a booklet titled Kashmiri Pukaar as it contains ‘misleading’ information about the stance of Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and amounts to ideological sabotage and subversion, it was notified on Saturday.

It ordered immediate confiscation of all its copies to the government and directed the authorities concerned to take action against the publisher, distributors and sellers under the relevant law.—Online

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